Christian Porter (Pearce, Liberal Party, Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

They have described it as the most important structural reform in a decade. It is a new tax. Some category of Australians was not paying the tax in 2015, and that same category will be paying it in 2017 under this policy. It is a $585 million new tax, and that is supposed to be the most important structural reform in a decade? They have form in this area of overstatement on tax. Apparently the mining tax which was meant to raise $12 billion worth of revenue in the first two years—

Ms Plibersek interjecting—

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